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2 THE OGDEN STANDARD: OGDEN, UTAH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26. 19T7. e
I. TRAP SHOOTING I Wb 4 in HP T&J T1 TtT FllfC "1 BASEBALL, AUTOS, (p
"mR SPORFING NEWS H LAWN TENNIS, GOlf I 1
Illlfll
I Undercurrent of Feeling, How
ever, That Vernon Will Not
' Get Through Season.
SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 25. Ac
cording to Proxy Bauni, there is so
much harmony in the little old P. C. L.
these days that you might think the
board of directors was the original
sextet from "Lucia," or something liko
that.
But they do say that the recent
love-fest in the City of Angels was
simply the oil of hope smoothing the
troubled waters of doubt, and that no
body got a dislocated elbow patting
himsolf on the back.
For instance, the furrows of care
seem to be somewhat deep upon the
brow of Tom Darmody. Tom has
gone right on with his plans for the
coming season, having signed up Bill
Essick to do his mana'ginlng and also
purchased "Dutch" Reuther to do a
certain amount o pitching.
But there is an undercurrent of
feeling in the league that the Vernon
club may not be able to weather an
other season. Darmody was forced to
dig up many a peso last summer to
meet the salary roll. The Tigers had
lost all their old-time road popularity
and when they played at home no
body seemed to know anything
about it. The only time they drew
anybody was when they were com
peting with the Angels, and that was
never much in the way of competi
tion. I Several members of the directorate
I have privately expressed the opinion
I that Lob Angeles is doing its share if
i it supports one team properly, and
f that the league would be better off if
) the franchise was transferred to an-
other city.
Here 16 the Rub.
But right there comes the rub. Tho
other city isn't to be located so easily.
Hen Berry has suggested Fresno, and
yet it was only three or four years
f nrrn flint TTrm Inst n TirF IIHIa nffrf nf
money backing a class D club at
Fresno. Still, with the proper sort of
backing, a team at Fresno might con
tribute its shade. It wquld do well
enough, on the road, andit certainly
could not do much worse in any way,
.! either baseballically or financially,
than Vernon did" last season.
,-; The only other city suggested is
San Diego. And this suggestion has a
! .certain amount of backing, indicating
I that the citizens of the border town
arc in earnest, while those of Fresno
i are content to wait.
Suggest San Diego.
If During tho meeting of the directors
l one of the visitors in the Van Nuys
I, "corridors was "Overcoat" Jack Atkln,
j the race track man, who formerly
II owned tho Sacramento club. . Atkin
'' said when he sold the Sacramento culb
'ij that he was anxious to get out base
1 1 "ball, because there was too much
r. strain on his nerves. Ho had been
;j used to the race track, where action is
( ' quick. In baseball you sometimes
i ' j have to wait fof seven months before
. j the race is settled. Atkln couldn't
1 1 stand it. But, as a matter of fact, the
I game has never lost its fascination for
J him, and ho wouldn't mind taking an
il other whirl at it.
ij , During his visit to Los Angeles he
made the statement that he would be
willing to back a Coast league club in
San Diego either by taking over one
' of the franchises of the present or
ganization or by assuming a new
franchise if the league was expanded
to eight clubs,
J Get Busy Next Month.
Interest in baseball will have a real
j revival about tho middle of next
. I month. The magnates will star send
er j Jng out their contracts and tho man
agers will start the gathering in of
, players to fill the vacant places
created by the army draft and th'e big
league recalls and purchases. So far
j . only one club has announced its train -i
i ' ing camp. The Salt Lake Bees are to
, - go to Portervllle. Oakland. will, in all
i probability, return to Boyes Springs.
Hon Berry sort of specializes in pick
le ing out a new training camp ea,ch year.
LI He hasn't made up his mind whether
l to go north or south this coming
I spring, but, unless some special in
II ducehient is made, he will not take
l.'r his cub more than forty or fifty miles
fir iway from San Francisco. Stockton,
Ult Santa Rosa, Napa, Palo Alto, San
jl Jose, Santa Cruz, Marysville, Merced
and Fresno have all been suggested as
I -possible training places for the Seals,
I FULTON LOSES
BV FOUL BLOWS
j , "LITTLE RO CK, Ark., Dec. 25. Fred
j Fulton, claimant to tho world's heavy-
weight championship, lost his bout
here today with Harry "Texas" Tato
jj. of Nowata, Okla., in the first round
': . by a decision of Referee "Billy"
Haack, who ruled that Fulton ' was
; i using foul tactics.
; Soon after the start of the fight
; Fulton floored Tate as they were
i coming out of a clinch. It was declared
I by the referee and club officials that
, j the blow had been low and a foul.
Tate and his manager, Billy McCar
"ney, however, asked that the fight
continue. Haack warned Fulton and
, , the, fight was resumed.
, Near the end of the round, while
the fighters were in a clinch, Tato
was thrown through the ropes and
' into tho crowd. Referee Haack
stopped the bout at this point and cen
sured Fulton for his conduct. Tate's
' -back and head were slightly injured
- as a result of the fall from the ring.
Fulton attempted to speak from the
ring, but the crowd would not listen
to him.
SPORTS BOOM IN FRANCE
AMONG ALLIED SOLDIERS
NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Jo Loomis,
the longest-striding athlete in Amcr
fl ica, has arrived here after tour of
duty as an ambulance driver behind
the French linos. Ho is going back
(as a member of the Thrce;undrcd and
MANLY ART IS VALUABLE AID
IN. TEACHING USE OF BAYONET.
& '---;'t '-S r'v " y"$-4&$?T
.4 ...
Showing the similarity between boxing- and bayonet work.
k The value of boxing instruction as an aid to the bayonet drills has"
Already been very clearly shown in the training camps. The fastest and
cleverest boxers in the country have been serving Uncle Sam at the can
tonments by teaching the men the first principals of tho manly art and
camp officers declare that it has been the greatest help in developing the
men's agility and speed with the bayonet. Ployd Young (on the left in tha
picture) has nosed with Sergeant Weinberger at Camp Kerney, California
to show the similarity between boxing and bayoneting.
Thirty-third field artlljery, now train
ing at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111.
Loomis, who represents the Chicago
A. A., says that sports are booming
"over there."
"They're all playing games of some
sort over there," said Loomis. "This
world war is spearding American
sports, and the British arc taking up
baseball fast. The French are slow
to adopt baseball. They can't throw.
"Back of the lines they are playing
many games, but soccor football seems
tho most popular. The American sol
diers are picking up this game rapid
ly, and they play Interesting and close
contests, before many thousands of
spectators, against French and Brit
ish combinations.
"Instead of killing sport, this war is
going to boost every outdoor pastime
worth playing. Athletic competition is
the diversion of the millions of men
back of the firing line, and sports un
doubtedly are a great aid to tho men
in the trenches and those going over
the top."
THINK SOUTHPAWS
SHOULD BE BARRED
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 25 . "The big
surprise to me," said Jaok Hendricks,
manager of tho Indianapolis club, in
discussing the action of the" association
magnates in eliminating the spit ball,
shine ball, emery ball, etc., "was that
they djdn't bar left-handed pitchers
and establish anew rule to bar' short
stops over 6 feot In height Had they
done that it would finish our pitching
staff and put Derrick out of the game.
"Attorney Tom Barker of Louisville
represented tho Indianapolis and
Louisville clubs. He doesn't know
where second base is, and probably
thought they wore discussing the an
tispltting ordinance when they talked
of the spit ball. You can see where the
Indians stand by such acting. Filllngim
and Dawson are both spitballers and
Northrop and Falkenborg used the
shine ball. It's a sweet mess they havp
cooked up for McGlll and Wathen.
The wall is general here among the
Indian fans nnd the boliof provalls that
the new rules will wreck the cham
pionship combination produced by
Hendricks last season. It Is remem
bered that the chief asset of the tribe
was its pitchers, the batting of the
team as a whole being tho lowest in
tho circuit. With ineffective hurling
last season the chances are that the
Indians would have finished well down
in the second division.
-on
MARINE ELEVEN IS
ON THE GROUND
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25. The
football squad of the Mare Island navy
yard, near here, left today for Pasa
dena, Cal., where they will play tho
Camp Lewis team on New Year's day
in the big game of the "Tournament
of Roses" in tho southern city.
Tho squad consisted of Lieutenant
Best, post athletic officer, eighteen
players and the, coach. Every man was
In wonderful trim, said Lieutenant
Best, who was confident that tho con
test would result In victory for the
marines.
MONTANA PLAYS
FIVE TIE GAMES
Without any available statistics, the
students of the College of Montana
believe that their football team holds
the record for the number of consecu
tive tie games played. In all five
straight contests resulted without any
decision as to which was tho better
team.
The games resulted as follows:
Montana 17, Utah Agricultural col
lege 17.
Montana 7, Gonzaga university 7.
Montana 20, Colorado Agricultural
college 20. 1
Montana 7, Utah Agricultural col
lege 7.
Montana C, University of Montana 6.
BOXING PLANNED
FOR RED CROSS
SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 25. As a re
sult of.a tidy sum netted for the Amer
ican Red Cross at recent amateur
championship boxing bouts held here
under " the auspices of tho Olympic
club, the professional ring men are
considering a like tournamenL
Eddio Graney, referee, together with
other men prominent In local profes
sional circles, are casting an eye about
to determine how attractive a card
they will be able to present to tho pub
lic. ,
It was originally intended to hold
the bouts on New Year's day, but it is
not likely that sufficient time remains
to complete plans so that an early
date In 1918 is oxpected to be selected.
FRENCH FEDERATION
ASKS WAR AIMS
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France,
Dec. 26. At its national conference
here, the General Federation of Labor
today adopted resolutions almost unan
imously, referring to the aims set forth
by Presidont Wilson and saying that
the purposes of the Russian revolu
tionaries were virtually the same and
declaring the position of the French
workers could be expressed in the
same terms. The federation was in
structed to employ all its efforts to
induce the French government to
mako a clear public statement of Its
terras of peace.
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HIS NEEDS.
"My brother bought a motor last
week," said an angry man to tho sales
man that stepped up to greet him, "and
he said if anything broke you would
supply him with new parts."
"Certainly," said the . salesman.
"What does he want?"
'fHo wants two deltoid muscles, a
couple of kneecaps, one elbow and
about halfa yard of cuticle," said the
man, "and ho wants them at once."
Christian Register.
NEBRASKA OFFERS
TO MEETDENVER
Coloradoans Have Choice of
Three Dates on 1918 Sched
ule of Football Games.
DENVER, Dec. 25. As an outgrowth
of the negotiations carried on at the
close of the last football season to
bring the University of Nebraska grid
squad here for a game with Denver
university, the local institution has
been offered Its choice of three dates
on the 1918 schedule of tho Cornhusk
ers. The information was contained In a
telegram to Coach Fike of the Min
isters yesterday. He probably will
postpone acceptance of any date until
after the schedule meeting of the
Rocky mountain conference next Aveek.
However, If Nebraska insists upon an
Immediate decision it will bo made and
the games with local colleges arranged
to conform.
The game will bo played in this olty,
probably at Union park. Nebraska has
a large alumni In this city, and this
fact alone, it is believed, would make
a Cornnusker-Mlnlster contest a big
success. Charles Henry, Jr., manager
of the Ford factory, and presidont of
tho Colorado chapter of tho Nebraska
alumni, was a factor in landing the
game for Denver, and promises that
the biggest crowd of rival rooters ever
assembled on a Denver gridiron will
be out to support tho visitors.
Coach Flko has formally accepted
the post of coach of all athletic activit
ies at Denver U., and has taken charge
of the tutoring of the basketball squad
which had been working out for a
week or more under the guidance of
Captain McLaughlin, Prospects for a
winning cage team at University park
are not bright, but the coach today de
clared that his players were in no wise
downhearted. They will do their best
and bo content with the result.
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EMPEROR CHARLES
TO RULE POLAD
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 26. In an in
terview In the Vosslche Zeitung of
Berlin concerning the selection of a
leader for the new kingdom of Poland,
Professor Kucharzevski, tho Polish
premier, says:
"There is a strong leaning among
certain classes for what might be
called an Austro-Polish solution of the
question, especially as tho Poles are
almost unanimous in the opinion that
no member of the Polish nobility
should be chosen as king. Emperor
Charles commands strong personal
sympathies in Poland and there are
many advocates of the plan of having
the emperor named king of the coun
try. On the other hand there are
many thoughtful Poles who would
prefer an independent Polish kingdom
with an Austrian archduke on the
throne.
"Wo cannot postpone the appoint
ment of a king until a suitable basis
of suffrage has been adopted. In the
Interests of the country, particularly
with a view to the establishment of
a Polish army we must undertake the
choice of a king before that time and
afterwards submit to the approval of
the Polish parliament to be created."
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NO SENSE IN IT.
"Does your husband worry about tho
grocery bill?"
"No; he says there's no sene in
himself and the grocer worrying over
the same bills." Exchange.
A 24-HOUR DAY.
"He's a groat reader."1
"In what way?"
"He keeps up on all the continued
stories in eight magazines." Ex
1 change.
UTAH COMPLAINS
ONMIALS
Field Artillery Football Team
Wants Neutrality in Game
at San Diego New
Year's Day.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 25. Insistent de
mand for out-of-town officials who are
acquainted with neither team or mem
bers thereof is being mado by both
the Utah field artillery and naval
training camp for their game in the
stadium Now Year's day,' it was
learned last night, and it is up to
Frank Marsh, superintendent of play
grounds and manager of the gamo for
the Red Cross, to produce them.
The demand Is said to bo a hang
over from the previous mooting of the
teams December 9, when they played
to a tie score ot 3 to 3, each kicking
a field goal. The Army team and Its
friends have permitted it to bo known
that they still retain doubt that the
Navy goal, which was kicked from a
difficult angle, went over tho posts.
Scrap on Officials.
At any rate, it now develops that
Lieut. M. L. Young, athletic officer of
the Utah field artillery, insisted, be
fore ho would agroo to a return match
and play-off of the tie, that officials bo
secured from somowhoro besides San
Diego. To this proposition Ensign A.
J. Grant, athletic officer of the naval
training station, agreed, saying the
Navy was just as anxious to leave no
room for suspicions of partiality in
officials.
' Subsequently each of tho athletic of
ficers submitted a list of officials of
Los Angeles and neighboring towns
who would be acceptable to them.
Many Names Mentioned.
From among those names submitted
Manager Marsh has found both sides
agreed upon Jerry Abbott, well-known
referee of Los Angeles, and Coach
Rhelnschild of Occidental college for
mo reieree ana umpire, ana jl ranK iia
lette for head linesman, provided they
will servo.
Abbott is the man who was organiz
ing a team of college all-stars to play
tho Navy hero if the game with the
army team could not be arranged, and
Frank Maletto was to captain It. Ab
bott has a hand In the College Stars
vs. San Pedro submarine baso football
game at Los Angeles Christmas day
for the benefit pf the sub base athletic
funds.
Rheinschild also has a part in that
game, gathering in the stars aad
coaching them into team. play. Ho as
well as Abbott is reputed as an effi
cient, impartial referee or umpire.
It Is also learned that John R. Case,
Jr., divisional athletic officer at Camp
Kearny, was scouting on the New
Year's official question when he went
to Los Angeles early last week, osten
sibly to try to match games for Camp
Kearny teams. Ho has since told
Marsh that he saw Abbott and found
him willing to come to San Diego and
referee.
Prepare Secretly.
With tho Navy ready to accept Ab
bott, Marsh will immediately get into
communication with him and offer
him the job of referee. If he will come
as expected, then Marsh will ask him
to secure Rheinschild and Maletto to
accompany him to San Francisco, sim
plifying thereby the business of com
munlcattions. Preparations of the rival teams for
the big championship game are very
much on the quiet. S6 far as can be
learned all is well at tho Navy camp,
but the Army camp let it be known
yesterday that Pat King, center of the
Utah team, is ill in the hospital at
Camp Kearny and qufte certainly out
of the fracas of New Year's day. In
this connection, King is declared to bo
mainstay ot the-' Army team and onq
of the biggest reasons it won the Camp
Kearny championship.
The Red Cross and both rival
utlWf fflVE5.1 THOUGHT WE. THERE. H I3,HeieW-J lU BfiT THAT BflY
PU1LOIMG rrM' AT SECRETAe DANIELS DANIELS-1 KNCJ- WE JE I
TOM? ITl THEW Sfii WeiXOALlM WBf3ABG ymT p F,MP
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I EG VOVR PARDOl.BUT DONOUMEAM . HO,Yoirt?E MlTAKEM-l
ISN'T THAT DANIELS JSJJF NB6,3ECRsTARV) lM SECRETARY
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I In presenting to the sporting fraternity of Utah my I ;
latest twenty-round contest Jimmy R Zi 1 i
1 Gilbert. Reagan is a boy who has weathered the tides I j .
I of pugilism for many years, but is yet a .young man 1
I scarcely in the prime of life. Reagan has held the 1
1 world's champion bantam weight title. .Reagan has I
j never taken the count. Reagan this year has fought I
j Champion Benny Leonard to a ten-round draw and I
defeated other topnotchers. He is recognized today fa
by Leonard as his most formidable foe and therefore j
I sidetracked. This man Pat Gilbert is the gamest, I j
I hardest fighting true-blooded Irishman that ever
stepped into a padded ring. Gilbert has improved 1
j wonderfully in the past two years and many tans have l 3
been desirous to see him matched with a recognized iJ
j title contender. In matching j
J Pat Gilbert M
i v-. vs. Ij
Jimnrie Reagan mm j h
I have given Gilbert a chance to show his real calibre I j
j and his friends a chance to see a real contest. Two s
I fast preliminaries featuring Kid Koko will amuse you jj ,
Same old prices $1.25, $1.75, $2.25, including war I
tax. Steam heat this rime. I
! AMMOMY HALL j 1 1
I OGDEN, UTAH P;
j Friday, December 28, 8:30 P. M. Sharp J
fci ill1 1 1 - t rTTgesga5THT--tMiT-ii a ii i ibbebbiiii i ii zEgg j, ! ii it, .,u i ia I ?
camps are laying plans for a vigorous
boosting campaign directly after
Christmas to try to break al records
for stadium crowds at tho gamo, which
will be for the benefit of the Red
Cross. Admissions have been mado so
cheap there appears a possibility of
doing so.
CARH ART MAY REPLACE
' PAT KING AT CENTER JOB
CAMP KEARNY, Dec. 25 When the
Utah field artillery football team gets
down to work tomorrow, following a
four-days vacation, the point for the
New Year's day game with the naval
training camp team hero for the cham
pionship of the southwest. John Car
hart will In all likelihood jump into the
line at center in tho place of Pat King,
the regular. The question of who will
get the place of King, who is ill with
pneumonia and out of the gamo, will
dgpend upon the showing of the sub
stitute performers, but Carhart will
have the first chance, according to
Lieut. M. L. Young, athletic officer.
Carhart formerly played with Ogden j
high school, teaming there with Louis
Falck and Glen Dee. the sensational
back of the Utah field artillery "team,
and is expected to prove an able player
in the big team now that ho is given
a chance to show his worth. Pat King
formerly played with the Utah univer
sity team, as did several others of the
present Utah army team, and was rec
organized as a truly great center.
Llne-Up Otherwise Is Same.
Outside of the center, the Utah team
'probably- will line up for the New
Year's game just as it did against the
same navy opponents December 9,
when thoy played a 3 to 3 tie.
Dee, Drinen, Olsen and Falck are all
said to be in excellent condition to
take their regular positions in the
backfield and give even better account
of themselves than at any time this
season.
Tho quartet is fast and with suffi
cient weight to tear a way through the
opposition. The members are expert
with the forward pass. Olsen formerly
played at Utah university and Drinon
with the Salt Lake high.
Steve Lovo. one of the best ends In
the west, since developed on the army
team and said to bo a hundred per
cent better than when he played with
Utah, will be in tho fittest condition
it is claimed.
Team Tiptop, Is Report
( The navy tacklers put him out of
their other game in the first few min
utes of play. Love plays left end and
is especially keen at receiving forward
passes. At tho right end Parry Kilpat
rlck will be at the old stand, a good
counterpart for Love. Ho got his foot- '
ball knowledge with Salt Lake high
and has developed remarkably with
this army team.
Lylq Judd, captain of the team, for
merly of tho Utah Aggies, and with
Woiler, formerly of the Utah univer
sity, will take care of the tacklo posi
tions as before. The same staunch
guards. Young and Maughan, also will
be here holding tho center of the line
Tomorrow, Friday and Saturday are
really tho only days tho Utah team
will have to got finally ready for the
New Year's gamo. They probably will
rest Sunday and only do light work
Monday.
Thoy have had three weeks In which
to make ready, however, and are re
ported to have lost no opportunity
with the exception of the Christmas
vacation, which is regarded as bene
ficial in preventing overtraining.
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JUST FOR FUN
AN AWFUL PENALTY.
"I have come here," said the angry
man to the superintendent of the
street car line, "to get Justice; juatico
sir. lesterday, as my wife was get
ting ,oT one of youn street- cars.he
conductor stepped on her dress and k'
tore a yard of frilling off the skirt." M::.
Tho superintendent remained cool. , W-
"Well, sir," ho said, "I don't know that K
we are to blame for that. What do j Bfr;
you expeot us to do? Get hor a new ; Kl
dress?" i '
"No, sir, I do not intend to ).et you ' B&
off so easily as that," the other man 1 K
replied gruffly. Ho brandished in his I K
right hand a small piece of silk. K
"What I proposo to have you do," ho m K'
said, "is to match this silk." New Hp
York Tribune. TCK
NOT FOR THE FEET. YM
Andy Speary, the giftod bowler, B-
bowled at a contest in Elizabeth. " K
When ho was through ho wrapped i m'
his bowling shoes In a newspaper and ' Be
left tho parcel at the pinboys' end of 1W
tho alloy until he should be ready to mi-
start homo, ' B
A few njghts later, when he wa.H j B
ready to start for another bowling : ;: K
contest, he got the newspaper- I
wrapped package which he thought !
contained his shoes. ; m
A mistake had been made. i M
Instead pf carrying his bowling ;
shoes homo from the earlier contest, ' m 1
he had carried off a pinboys' lunch. ', W
Exchange, ' k
j AN IRRITATING QUESTION.
j "Dear me, that was terrible. Man . mk
fell overboard in midocean tho other nm
day and never was seen again!" said m
j Hicks. ji
"Drowned?" asked Mrs. Hicks, hys-
terlcallyi K
"Oh, no, of course notl'' said Hicks, IE
irritably. "Sprained his ankle prob- IK,
ably!" Exchange. jyR;
NAME THE PENALTY. flfc
Dlstinguetto Those impossible flft
Bochos hurled a forty-two centimeter Ii v
projectile into my vegetable garden. r W-
Morceauyette Mon bleu! And did J B
they shell your peas? Exchange. I,
HONORABLE EXCEPTION. .5 '
Flatbu8h So your boy's joined tho 'i S
homo guards? -
Bensonhurst Yos; I've just been :
down to see them drill.
Flatbush Could you toll your boy
from the rest? .
Bensonhurst Sure! Ho was the i V
only one In the ranks keeping step ;
Exchange. ;
no II 5.
LAKE SUPERIOR, YOU KNOW. E
Bacon I gee a dealer in Duluth, ; K
Mmn., was fined for putting an in- W
ferlor material In his milk . W
Eghart Well he ought to be. W
'But in his defense he claimed that H
what ho put in the milk was Superior If
water." Exchange. W
BELLrANS 'jl
Absolutely Removes i-
indigestion. Druggists I i-
refund money if it faaT 25c I-
IWb' la eBoctlve tn trcatiDB j
Kwol " tmn&tural dlschtirgis; K
SiKHHm ap PialeM.noa-poJBonoaa 1 mt
KQ,mjf IT and Trill not atriotarc K
Garni Post If dci lred-Prle , or 8 bottloi 52.7! MEL.
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